Greg Ellis

7 films on Best Blurays4 in 4K3 in HD

By format

List

4 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

Small role · Director: Rob Marshall

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

3.0

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Small role · Director: Gore Verbinski

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

3.6

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Small role · Director: Peter Jackson

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

WB 4K Blu-ray is significant upgrades compared to the BDs, but has noticeable artificial sharpening

3.5

Star Trek (2009)

Small role · Director: J.J. Abrams

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

3.6

3 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Small role · Director: Gore Verbinski

4K · Worse Than BD

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Old Disney Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Old Disney Blu-ray is better than new 4K Blu-ray due to excessive DNR

4.0

Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

Small role · Director: Doug Liman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical Cut: Fox Blu-ray
Director's Cut: France Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Theatrical Cut: Fox Blu-ray
Director's Cut: France Blu-ray (no English subtitles, prone to disc rot), or 2006 Fox DVD (SD, but has English subtitles)

3.3

Titanic (1997)

Small role · Director: James Cameron

4K · Worse Than BD

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount/Fox Blu-ray
3D Blu-ray for the IMAX/Open Matte version

35mm scan for original theatrical cut

Video Notes:

4K Blu-ray is AI upscaled

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS

Additional Info:

The 4K Blu-ray bonus disc, the 2012 Blu-ray bonus disc, and the 2005 3 disc DVD have exclusive extras.

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